
Creative Nonfiction
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True stories, well told.
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āYou donāt believe me that the anger in you is part of being a mother. [You] donāt believe that the eye-flash, hiccup, aching longing to be elsewhere, is one and the same with the hug so tight you feel your childās bones.āāJennifer Case Creative Nonfiction DIAGRAM Just wow. ā¤ļø

āOnce you thought motherhood meant family-hood, or something like that, forgetting that it was you who was the motherāyou alone, mouth open and then clenched on a dark and throbbing night.ā Jennifer Case, āMessage for the Animal Mother,ā Creative Nonfiction Sunday Short Read #208.

This week's webinar: Learn to write and edit a synopsis that makes editors and agents eager to read your manuscript. Conquer the Dreaded Synopsis: How to Finish Your Book Pitch Nov 9 @ 2pm Eastern w/ Jane Friedman (Jane Friedman ) buff.ly/3UVWO8H


Next Tuesday on the Writers Bridge: Sharla Yates from Creative Nonfiction talks WEBINARS: pitching, teaching & getting the most from taking one! Sign up for Zoom link & Replay - thewritersbridge.com #WritingCommmunity


With fabulous cover design by Expanded Eye, I am so happy to share my #tinytruth in the Fall 2022 issue of Creative Nonfiction along with Leanne Pierce @rebawrit JamieE Ruth Nasrullah @PaulCrenstorm Rebecca Gummere @rgummere.bsky.social (cade) T Vecere Eileen Vorbach Collins Lili Price Buddy Smith



This from todayās Creative Nonfiction Sunday Short Reads by Rita Ciresi: āBut the shirtsāall those long sleeves dangling off the hangers reminded me there were no more shoulders to lean on, no arms to hold me.ā Just, wow. š³š„²

So relatable for all those who are mourning this morning. This gorgeous flash essay by Rita Ciresi in Creative Nonfiction's Sunday Short Reads will stay with you. mailchi.mp/creativenonficā¦

"I might be indolent, lazy, and slow-moving, but I am one badass mass." This week's #SundaySentence selection appears in Gary Kadlec's "I Am Al's Lymphoma" in the latest issue of Creative Nonfiction. wp.me/p4x0h8-cL6

"The L.L. Bean catalog arrives in early June, in an avalanche of hospital bills, condolence cards, and COVID-19 reopening announcements from Red Lobster..." Oof the feels from today's Sunday Short Reads by Rita Ciresi via Creative Nonfiction mailchi.mp/creativenonficā¦

Grateful to Hattie Fletcher & @CNFonline for sharing this small slice of grief One Morning in Maine - Creative Nonfiction creativenonfiction.org/writing/one-mo⦠by Rita Ciresi

Jessica Payne | Thriller Author šš I just completed the yearlong Pathways progression of courses from Creative Nonfiction. I learned a lot, got great feedback, and got into a better writing practice. Although it focused on CNF, much of what I learned will carry over into fiction writing, too. creativenonfiction.org/cnf-education/

Join me for an Advanced Interviewing for Deeper Storytelling webinar with Creative Nonfiction on Dec. 7! I'll likely run the full Pandemic University Pop-up School of Writing course on this topic early 2023, so if you're interested in that, here's a good way to sample it: creativenonfiction.org/product/advancā¦

"I donāt want Jason to know Iām a boy who canāt handle a breeze, a boy who shivers when heās cold, who cries when heās sad." Read this week's essay by Brian Benson (via Hippocampus Magazine & Books) in Creative Nonfiction's "Sunday Short Reads." mailchi.mp/creativenonficā¦

Weāre so proud to have published this and thrilled for Brian that Creative Nonfiction selected it to share in Sunday Short Reads!! #essay #SundayShortReads #cnf

I'm loving Creative Nonfiction's weekly flash essay email subscription: Sunday Short Reads. Read this week's essay by Eileen Dengler & join the list of ~9,000 readers who receive the SSR in their inbox every week: mailchi.mp/creativenonfic⦠Excellent and touching story

Thrilled to report weāre launching a very exciting partnership with Narratively, beginning with a series that gets at the heart of what makes a great story great. Read about our plans and how you fit in in our founder Leeās letter. creativenonfiction.org/news/creative-ā¦